Antony Blinken
Washington D.C./08.09.23/Turan: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spent his second day in Ukraine visiting sites in the country, saying he was struck by the horrific human cost of Russia's aggression there.
After visiting the Yahidne School, a former elementary school whose basement held Ukrainian hostages during Russia's occupation of that village and has since been converted into a museum, America’s top diplomat said seeing the small room where people were tortured gave the war's casualty figures a human dimension, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
Meanwhile, in Washington, the Pentagon announced on Thursday an additional $600 million military package for Ukraine, just a day after Blinken's $1 billion announcement.
Included in the latest package is funding for equipment to sustain and integrate Ukraine’s air defense systems, ammunition for HIMARS, artillery rounds, electronic warfare and counter-electronic warfare equipment, demolition munitions and mine-clearing equipment, as well as for training and maintenance, according to the Pentagon.
Alex Raufoglu
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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